The Little Twerp

[Editorial]

You know, he reminds me of Beavis and Butt-Head! It’s the way he slicks back his hair; he thinks it makes him look cool, but instead, he looks sinister—even evil. Who? Hegseth!

He wrote a book titled American Crusade (2020), where he explicitly argues that the United States is in a "holy war" for its survival. He has claimed the enemy is not just foreign terrorists, but also domestic "leftists," "globalists," and "Islamists" who threaten Western Judeo-Christian values. The most frightening part is that he fantasizes about being a crusader "much like the 11th century," helping to bring about the "End Times."

Even the naming of military actions under this mindset feels apocalyptic—like the strike on Iran, ominously dubbed "Operation Epic Fury." Hegseth didn’t just stumble into the job; he has exactly what Trump wants to appeal to his Christian Nationalist base. Hegseth’s warped worldview is that of a deeply-held theological and political fanatic who views conflict as a moral and religious necessity. To his supporters, he’s a "defender of the faith"; to his critics, he is someone looking for a "battle" that feels like a holy war.

Hegseth isn't just someone who stumbled into the job; he has a very specific, deeply-held theological and political worldview that views conflict as a moral and religious necessity. That's exactly what Trump wanted, to his supporters, he's a "defender of the faith"; to his critics, he’s exactly what you described—someone looking for a "battle" that feels like a holy war.

However, what is getting people's attention is what he said about the rules of combat... The Guardian reported that in his book he said,

Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, told soldiers under his command in Iraq to ignore legal advice about when they were permitted to kill enemy combatants under their rules of engagement.

The anecdote is contained in a book Hegseth wrote last year in which he also repeatedly railed against the constraints placed on “American warfighters” by the laws of war and the Geneva conventions.

Hegseth is currently under scrutiny for a 2 September attack on a boat purportedly carrying drugs in the Caribbean, where survivors of a first strike on the vessel were reportedly killed in a second strike following a verbal order from Hegseth to “kill everybody”.

Hegseth has denied giving the order and retained the support of Donald Trump. The US president said Hegseth told him “he did not say that, and I believe him, 100%”. But some US senators have raised the possibility that the US war secretary committed a war crime.

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At one point, Hegseth writes: “We send men to fight on our behalf, and then second-guess the manner in which they fight. I saw it every day.”

Hegseth adds: “In some cases, our units were so boxed in by rules and regulations and political correctness, we even second-guess ourselves. That needs to end. Count me out on the Monday-morning quarterbacking – I’m with the American warfighter, all the way.”

Elsewhere, Hegseth appears to argue that American soldiers should proceed without any constraints whatsoever.

And now in beginning of this war what was said has raised eyebrow, Military.com writes,

A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to independent journalist Jonathan Larsen as published on Substack.

You have to wonder... who those generals owe their allegiance to? The Constitution or the Bible!

“He urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ,” the NCO wrote in the email. “He said that ‘President Trump has been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth.’"

The NCO added that the commander supposedly “had a big grin on his face when he said all of this, which made his message seem even more crazy.”

This whole invasion mission stinks to high heaven! It almost seems like they want to bring on WWIII for the glory of god!

{/Editorial]